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Monday, 17 April 2023

N5 April Revision 17 - ANACRUSIS

Anacrusis                

A note or note which appears before the first
beat of a musical phrase, particularly at the 
start of a piece.
  

The song ‘Happy Birthday To You’ has an anacrusis. The word ‘Happy’ appears before the first beat of the bar, so this is the anacrusis. The syllable ‘birth’ lands on the first beat of the bar.
                 



Click here to test yourself with some quiz questions on anacrusis.

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